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Mangal lives in Ramnagar village, Lavasa in Maharashtra. She works in college in her locality as a gardener on a third-party payroll. Her income is quite less to fulfill family needs. Her husband is an alcoholic and does not work.She has a good house but there is no electricity connection. She faces frequent financial need due to grown-up children’s education needs. She has two boys and they study in boarding school. Annual expense on them suggested by mother is a lot for the family to bear.
Suraj, the elder brother, wants to be in the Indian army. He studies in 7th grade. Sameer studies in 6th grade and wants to become a pilot. Both of them are bright students and hold rank 2nd and 3rd in their class. The New Schooling session starts from July 1st, 2020.

48 years old Salubai lives with her 13-year-old boy in a shackled house made of tin in Bhoini village, Maharashtra. She is separated from her husband. She is in debt due to rebuilding her house after the cyclone that happened in May 2020 destroyed her previous home and household. She is an occasional worker in other’s agricultural field.
Ganesh, a 7th-grade student is very intelligent and wants to serve in the Indian Army. He loves reading science books.

Vimal does a housekeeping job in a residential society in Lavasa. Her husband is an extreme alcoholic and does not live with her family. She has two boys.Her elder son studies in wadia college with speciality in science.

Tejas, the younger one,lives with her mother and studies in 10th Grade and is really good in studies. He holds rank 1st to 3rd in his class. He loves mathematics. He wants to become IAS.

Mangal has five children. She is a housewife. Her husband is an occasional worker in other people’s agricultural fields in return for meager food and some money. All the children are studying in Jila parishad school in the village. They were shy and not very communicative. There was an extreme need for strong parenting.

Sita and her husband live in Bhoini village, Maharashtra. They do not have their own house. They together have five children who study in Jila Parishad school. Parents are occasional workers in the fields of other people having no fixed income.

Suverna, 13 year old eldest daughter, loves singing and dancing. There is no training institute teaching the craft in close locality. All other younger girls were also smart and showed scope of great improvement if provided the facilities and mentorship.

Baidabai is a housewife. She lives with her family in Ramnagar village in the hills of Lavasa. Her husband is a driver but does not have a regular job. Due to lockdown as a result of COVID 19 pandemic, their survival is at stake. The cyclone in May 2020 destroyed their tin and mud house and a lot of households. They have two children, the boy studies in 10th grade in a boarding school and the girl studies in Jila Parishad school close in their village.

We could not meet the children. The parents were very communicative and expressive in their conversation. Their annual expense on elder children is around Rs 20000 annually right. It will exceed from next year, 2021 when he graduates to 11th grade.

Anita has six children, five girls and a boy. She works as a cook in the canteen of a college in her area on third party payroll. Her minimal income is just enough for survival. Due to lockdown and college being closed her struggle to feed her children has aggravated. Her husband is under treatment of kidney stones and cannot do a difficult job due to medical conditions.

Sonal, the eldest girl is very smart and wants to become a lawyer. She is in 9th grade. She struggles with the availability of notebooks and stationery very often.She is the only one out of all children who studies in a good english medium school.
Rutuja,the second eldest sibling, wants to become an IPS. She and other younger ones study in Jila Parishad marathi medium school which is till 8th grade only.

Pushpa’s husband died due to heart disease. She has a rented room in Dasve village, Lavasa. She works in a university in Lavasa as a garden maintenance staff on third party payroll. Her earnings are good enough for survival. She has three children, the two older ones are studying in government boarding schools. The school is marathi medium and is meant for children of menial job workers. As explained by children they definitely deserve better.

Sanket, a 9th grade student is very extroverted. He loves sports and is especially crazy about cricket. He wants a playground in his locality, a coach and tournaments in school to participate.

Rupali is in 7th grade. She likes reading. A conversation with her shows her emotional intelligence. She understands her mother’s struggles. When asked what she wants, she replied, our own house!

Sangita is a single mother who lives in Dasve village with three wonderful kids. It was energizing meeting them. The two older girls are really intelligent. They study in grade 9th and grade 7th respectively.

Pranali, the eldest, wants to become a doctor and holds real interest in biology. She also enjoys writing essays and stories. Aditi, the younger one holds a good rank in her class and wants to compete for IPS. She loves creating craft and reading. They may not need much financial need right now but children definitely need a good guide to succeed in life. The need for monetary contribution may arise from 2022 after completion of 10th grade.

Datta is a driver. He does not receive work on a regular basis. His wife, Dhanashri does housekeeping work in houses in the locality. They live in a rented place. They have two boys. Shankar, the younger one is in 7th grade is really good in studies and a rank holder in his class since childhood. A slight financial push and consistent guidance may bring a potential achiever of tomorrow.

Sanjay is a driver and works on a needed basis.There is no fixed income. His wife does housekeeping of houses in her area. They together have two children. They live in a rented place.
Prathmesh, the younger sibling is in 2nd grade and is very good in studies. He dreams of becoming an IPS. Talking to him is always exciting. He does hold leadership skills in him.
Pratiksha, the elder girl is in 4th grade. She cannot speak properly. In her case there is a need of medical assistance.

Bhau works as a gardener. His wife is an occasional worker. There three children study in boarding school. Their income is not enough to fulfill expanding educational needs of grown up children.
Santosh, the eldest one completed his 10th grade in May 2020. He wants to pursue a hotel management course. Other two siblings also study in boarding school in 9th grade.

Hemant is unskilled labour and works in the private sector. His wife is unemployed. They together have two sons. Their house faced cyclonic effects in May 2020. They are struggling financially to rebuild the roof over their house.
Both children are very smart. Karan is in 9th grade and wants to become an engineer while Arjun studies in 7th grade and wants to become a scientist.

Tukaram works in the private sector and is unskilled labour. His house is completely damaged by the cyclone that occurred in May 2020. They together have three girls. The elder once Prajal and Kiran is in grade 9th and 5th respectively and are good in studies. Pooja, the younger one likes doing drawing and wants to become an artist.

Ram and his wife live in Mugaon, a village close to the well established Lavasa city in Maharashtra. They are occasional workers in the agricultural lands of others and have no fixed source of income. They together have six children. Bhagyashree, the eldest girl, is in 8th grade. She and her other two younger siblings are intelligent, they show signs of a great future generation if mentored diligently. 

Vittal and his wife together have 6 children. Neither of them has a permanent job and they work on other farmer’s agricultural land on a needed basis. Shital, the eldest loves to dance while Suverna is more interested in sports.

Gangaram is a driver and his wife is unemployed. They together have three children. While Sameer has a special love for mathematics, Pooja, his younger sibling, is more interested in English. She shared her desire to be educated and do higher studies. The eldest girl is in class 11th. Children are grown up hence they do need better guidance and some financial support to cater to expanding educational expenses.

Gangaram is a widower. He is unemployed. He has three children.
The eldest girl studies in 3rd grade and the other two boys are still very young.

Laxman works as a security guard in the private sector. He is a widower and has two children. Shivaji is a very smart boy and studies in 5th grade. His ambition is to become an IPS officer. He enjoys sport a lot with a special interest in cricket. The younger boy is in 3rd grade.

Rambhau is a daily wager and works on a needed basis. His wife also does not have any monetary contribution. They together have three children.
Vitthal, the eldest of all, loves cricket very much while Sunil’s special interest in drawing and painting. All the kids were very intelligent and expressive.

Balu works as a housekeeper and his wife is unemployed. They live in a rented place in Andheri, Mumbai. They together have five children. Sunita is a very smart 12th-grade commerce student. She and her sister, Poonam, want to be a teacher. Suvarna and Khushboo have a special interest in dance.

Dhyanesher is a daily wager But there is not much scope of work in this mountainous region. He works on other’s land whenever any requirement arises. His wife is also an occasional worker. They together are raising four children. All are girls. They study in Jila Parishad school and are very shy in conversation. Pooja, Ujwala, Chaya, and Pallavi are the kind of girls who are married from an early age in the lack of a higher education system to keep them on the path of knowledge and growth.

Laxman and his wife do not have fixed jobs. They live in Mugaon, a village in the mountainous region of Maharashtra. They do whatever work they get occasionally. Mostly they work on other farmer’s fields. They together are raising two children, Dikhsa and Vikas. The kids are smart and go to a good school in the locality. But there is definitely a need for financial help and guidance in the family, especially to children.

Geeta is a single mother and occasional worker. She has three boys. Her housing condition is not spacious enough for a family of three. The eldest son is studying in grade 12th in Mumbai and lives in a rented place. The younger sibling studies in boarding school and is a rank holder there. He speaks less, he was neither shy nor very expressive, just silent, maybe has some effect of any trauma, should be worked diligently at a psychological level. His yearly expense anticipated is Rs10000. The youngest studies in Jila Parishad Marathi school in the village.

Raju lives in Kolshi village. He works in another villager’s agricultural field and does not have a daily job. He is the breadwinner of the family with a total of six dependents. He has five children all of them being girls.
Vandana is studying in 10th grade in a boarding school. She aspires to become an IPS. Manda is studying in 10th grade. She is a girl with great potential to explore. She wants to become an accountant. Kunda learns in the ninth she wants to be a nurse.

Raju is an electrician. His wife works in housekeeping in closeby residential society. Raju has an unstable income.
Sunil is in 10th grade, he is very smart, he wants to be an artist. Samruddhi and priyanka study in 7th and 6th grade respectively. They together have three children. They live in Kolshi village. Kolshi is a village in the mountains and we have to trek through rocks to reach the families there.

Dyneshwar is a farmer. He has his own land. His wife stays at home. They together have two children.
Sunita is in 9th grade and studies at Panshet Boarding School. The annual fees and other expenses together are approximately Rs15000/-. She wants to continue education to higher degrees.

Raju is an occasional worker and does any work he gets.  His wife is also at home. He has a 2 years old child. They live in a joint family. It’s a great opportunity to connect with mother and child for their needs and create great hope and future for the child at such an early stage of life.

Santosh works in a college in his locality. His wife is at home. They together have two children. Yash and Divya study in a good school in the same area in class 6th and 5th respectively. They are decent children with aspirations for the future.

Sanjay is grandfather to three children, two girls, and a boy. He and his wife together take care of the children. There is no information about their parents. They have a 24 yrs old uncle who also does housekeeping jobs in a hospital in the locality.

Shankar has a pickup van of his and works whenever he gets any work. His wife is at home. He has two children.
Akansha, a 4th-grade student is right now suffering from blood cancer and is under treatment for six months in Pune. They are going through a critical financial crisis right now. We do not have their picture as they were in the hospital in Pune. This case should be considered urgent. The younger one Nikhil is studying in second grade.

Lata is a widow. She is a daily wager and works in other villages fields or housekeeping sometimes. She has two boys who live at their relatives’ place in Daund, Maharashtra to complete their education. Girish studies in 9th grade and Shirish is in 8th grade. They were smart kids. A great guardianship and a little financial push will really make a wonderful future for them.

Jyoti is a widower. Her husband expired recently and is survived by her and three children. Jyoti works in the private sector as a gardener.
Divya, the eldest girl studies in 9th grade and is an intelligent student. Madhura and Samarth studied in class 4th and 2nd grade. Madhura frequently gets sick and proper medical checkup is needed.

All the above families live in different villages on western mountain ranges in Maharashtra. They have good road connectivity to Pune but the distance and isolated location is always a challenge. There are two schools in the locality. The village Jila Parishad Marathi medium school is only till class 8th. There is a tendency in families to stop girls’ education after 8th while they send their boys to boarding schools in Pune. These girls are usually married off in age ranging from 16 to 18. The private school does provide good english medium education and keeps good standards, while it always faces financial challenges. There is no training institute or teacher for technical education, art, and craft and sports which is vital for overall growth. Many children hold a special interest in the same.